Arlan Hamilton is the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital. She grew Backstage Capital from the ground up, all while she was homeless. Backstage Capital is a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Since Hamilton started Backstage Capital from scratch, it has... read full bio
Lisa Sun is CEO & founder of GRAVITAS. Gravitas is a clothing company whose mission is to catalyze confidence in women. Sun first heard the word gravitas during her first professional review and from that point on, she looked to seek gravitas to be successful in her life and business. She found gravitas in being inspired and inspiring her peers,... read full bio
Michael Coates is the former CISO at Twitter and Former Head of Security at Mozilla. He has worked in the information security space for several years working to protect hundred of millions of people worldwide. Currently, Coates is the CEO and co-founder of Altitude Networks. Prior to his work with Altitude, Coates worked securing Twitter’s systems and user data. As... read full bio
Gabriel Bateman is a young American actor who is best known for playing Ethan in series “Stalker”, Jack in series “American Gothic”, Carter in the film “Benji” and Andy in film “Child’s Play”. Bateman was raised in Turlock, California, and is the brother of fellow actress Talitha Bateman. Apart from his roles in television and film, Bateman has been in... read full bio
Dr. Jeff Chen MD/MBA is the Founder and Executive Director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative. He is known for being the nation’s leading expert on the play between the policy, business, and science of cannabis, hemp, and CBD. Chen is a graduated for the dual degree MC/MBA program at UCLA. He has spent four years working to accelerate research... read full bio
Nina Easton is an American author, journalist, TV commentator, and entrepreneur. She is co-founder of SellersEaston Media, a private-client service that curates stories of the legacies of leaders in business, public service, and philanthropy. She is co-chair of the Fortune Global Forum, which brings CEOs from around the world together, and chairs Fortune Most Powerful Women International. Easton has emceed... read full bio
Patti Solis Doyle is an American political operative who has previously been a senior adviser to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. She is an alumna of Northwestern University where she graduated with a B.A. in communications. She started her career working on Richard M. Daley’s campaign for Mayor of Chicago. She went on to Little Rock where she became... read full bio
Jessica Yellin is an American journalist who has previously been Chief White House Correspondent for CNN in Washington, D.C. Yellin graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude where she was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She joined CNN as a Capitol Hill correspondent before making her way to Chief White House correspondent. During her time with CNN she... read full bio
Susan Etlinger is an industry analyst with Altimeter Group. Her work with Altimeter includes conducting research on how the explosion of data is affecting individuals and institutions. As an adviser, Etlinger has been asked by several Fortune 500 companies, startups and the public sector to advise on data strategy. She is best known for authoring two reports, “The Social Media... read full bio
Norman Ornstein is an American political scientist, author, and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is co-author of “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism”. Growing up, Ornstein was a child prodigy and graduated from high school at 14 and going on to graduate from college... read full bio
Caroline Cecil, better known as Whipped Cream, is a Canadian DJ who is based in Vancouver. After pursuing several different options, Cecil found herself with a passion for producing and playing hip-hop influenced dark bass music. She describes her music as limitless and feels it isn’t tied down to just one genre. Cecil has gained support from numerous artists such... read full bio
Yultron is an artist and producer based in Los Angeles. He has recently gained some attention locally in the music community and has worked with artists such as YG and Jay Park. Yultron started his career after releasing a remix of Fetty Wap’s single “Trap Queen”, which went on to earn over 1 million plays on SoundCloud in less than... read full bio
Crizzly is a DJ and producer based in Austin, Texas. His music is a mixture of dubstep, crunk, hyphy, drumstep, trap, and more. He started his career releasing mixtapes and singles such as “Crunkstep”, “Crunkstep Volume 2: Back 2 Da Streets” and “Crunkstep Volume 3: Booty by Crizzly”. He is also well known for his remixes and has remixed songs... read full bio
Corey Fogelmanis is an actor best known for his roles in the series “Girl Meets World”. He was born and raised in California and had a passion for theatre, television, and photography. He began his career performing on stage in productions across the country. Fogelmanis made his television debut in an episode of the series “House of Lies”. Since then,... read full bio
Jon Bass is an American actor who is best known for playing Ronnie Greenbaum in the film “Baywatch” and Del in the series “Big Time in Hollywood, FL”. Bass graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts. After graduating from college, Bass moved to New York City and started acting on stage in the... read full bio
John Ellis is a technology and futurist keynote speaker, author, software expert and former Head of the Ford Developer Program with Ford Motor Company. During his time working for Ford, Ellis’ team came up with SmartDeviceLink, the open source version of AppLink technology that connects brought-in devices to vehicles. His team also delivered a ground-up design and development of a... read full bio
Tuxedo is a musical collaboration between artists Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One. The duo are apart of the family of funk where you’ll find a small selection of artists such as Chic, Shalamar, and Plush and Zapp. Tuxedo started collaborating a few years back and released mixtapes “Tuxedo” and “Tuxedo II”. The duo often take years off at a time... read full bio
Emo Nite was started in Los Angeles by three friends in a small dive bar but since then, it’s turned into a full-blown phenomenon. The trio have brought together artists such as Sonny Moore and From First to Last, The Used, Halsey, Good Charlotte, The All-American Rejects, All Time Low, Young Thug, Anthony Green, and more. Emo Nite turned from... read full bio
Berner is an American rapper from the Bay Area. He is a touring recording artist signed to Taylor Gang and he has released sixteen albums; the most recent being “El Chivo”. Berner got his start in the music industry in high school when he started battle rapping. This success had him release his debut mixtape, “Dirty Sneakers”. After his first... read full bio
Sasami is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Los Angeles. She has played the French horn in orchestras and studios, played the keyboard, bass, and guitar in rock bands such as Cherry Glazerr, and has contributed arrangements to studio albums as well as producing for artists such as Soko. Sasami has graduated from the Eastman School of Music and from... read full bio
